roto is short for rotisserie. basically instead of going head to head against one team per week, you rack up a total number of points (thru assorted stats) throughout the season...highest number of points at the end of the season wins.

"the victorious warrior wins first, and then goes to war; the defeated warrior goes to war first, and hopes to win."- The Art of War

Roto is basically a mix of Fantasy Baseball and Football. In baseball, you have to win your weekly match up through who has the better stats. In football, you're awarded points for certain stats a player performs. So mixing that together, you're awarded points for stats a player puts up on your fantasy basketball team.

Roto is very strategic as well, as you have to be good in most if not all categories. Basically it goes by ranking in each category, so your aim is to pick players that are good at a few categories, thus making your roster a good one across many areas. You can also go for a combination of players that are very good at just a couple of categories and together, these players (that are good at different categories than other players on your roster) combine to make a multi skilled roster

Roto league is pretty simple, somehow u don't need to change the roster everyday.
U just need to update the NBA news who get injure(maybe your players) and u can adjust a little bit in your team with bench players.